No one could have told me what is was like to open a real business. What it would take to open the door. What it was like to have a soft opening. No one could have told me.
I have started many “businesses” but never one with a building. This is different. It’s real.
Maybe someone reading this might have started a business before but not with a building to open. When you do open a 
business that doesn’t have a building attached one of the first things you do is design and order business cards. Let me say my business cards came in the day before we opened. It was one of the last things I had time to do.
Business Plans are great on paper but things don’t always go according to that plan. Things feel organic. You can plan all you want but when the rubber hits the road things don’t go according to plan.
We had a great opening weekend. Family and friends came out and supported us. Everyone loved the sign the we were told we could not put up. Don’t ever believe it when people tell you that you can’t do something…even if it is starting a business with a building.